| Why "Permanent Bases" In Iraq?
By Karen Nakamura
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| | The Quaker's Friends Committee on National Legislation, a source in the following article, asks: "If the US is ultimately leaving Iraq, why is the |
| Bush Could Usher in a Very Dangerous New Year
By Robert Parry
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| | Consortium News
The first two or three months of 2007 represent a dangerous opening for an escalation of war in the Middle East, as George W. Bush |
| Judicial Council And State Courts Offer Propaganda Not Equal Justice
By Barbara Kauffman
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| | If the public is wondering why-- year after painful year, and despite a multitude of complaints by court users-various of the California courts are |
| Judicial Council Trades Fairness For Power And Politics
By Barbara Kauffman
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| | The California Judicial Council is the governing body of the California courts, and is directed by the California Constitution to provide "policy" |
| West Marin News Briefs
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| | Bolinas
Anonymous funds offer a makeover of a parcel in downtown Bolinas, from vacant lot to park.
The parcel, next to the Bolinas store, 26 Wha |
| Thank you Elizabeth Terwilliger
By Karen Nakamura
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| | The earth, especially Marin County, lost a great warrior on November 27 when Elizabeth Terwilliger died at the ripe old age of 97. She left behind |
| Global Warming Claims Tropical Island
By Environment Editor Geoffrey Lean
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| | http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article2099971.ece
Rising seas, caused by global warming, have for the first time washed an inhabited isl |
| Carter Shares Insight On Peace In Mideast
By Marty Rosen
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| | Special to The Courier-Journal
Former President Jimmy Carter's new book, "Palestine -- Peace Not Apartheid," reflects a lifetime of contemplation o |
| West Marin Community in Action:
KWMR Open Mic & Cafe Fundraiser Jan. 27
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| | The idea of a commons as part of sustaining a community has been written about elsewhere (see guest editorial, page 2) in this edition of the Coast |
| Ten Fallacies About the Violence in Iraq
By John Tirman
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| | The escalating violence in Iraq's civil war is now earning considerable attention as we pass yet another milestone -- US occupation there, in two w |
| Be All That You Can Be: Leave the Army
By David Swanson
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| | http://www.alternet.org/story/44908/
As long as there has been a US military, people have been leaving it. That choice has never been more appropri |
| County Library Plans For The Future
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| | Over the next few months the Marin County Free Library will be working with the community to develop a master plan for its library branches. The pl |
| Report Predicts 2.2 Million Will Lose Homes In US
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| | (EIRNS)--In a report that still understates the damage to be wrought by the popping of the Greenspan housing bubble, the Center for Responsible Len |
| Call For An End To Taser Use
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| | The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) calls for an independent investigation into the use of a Taser by the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) |
| Majority of Americans Fear Global Warming, Support Change
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| | Washington, DC (November, 2006) -Earth Day Network (EDN) released a poll that has found a majority of Americans recognize the threat of climate cha |
| Meth: The Overstated Addiction
By Margaret Dooley, Drug Policy Alliance
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| | The Department of Justice has declared today National Methamphetamine Awareness Day. What better way to observe it than taking a break from the hyp |
| Pioneering Women Commemorated
by submission
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| | In commemorating Women's History month, President Bush has said, "Since its beginnings, our land has been blessed by noteworthy women who played de |
| The Marine Mammal Center's Domoic Acid Trip
By Marie Siegenthaler
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| | In response to the several outbreaks over the years, the lack of previous research, and sheer curiosity, the Marine Mammal Center is conducting res |
| The Government's Assault on Press Freedom
By William Bennett Turner
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| | San Francisco Chronicle
Vladimir Posner, the former Soviet journalist, used to claim the press was freer in the Soviet Union than it was in the Uni |
| Steven Forrest Astrology Seminar In Bolinas
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| | Internationally respected astrologer, author, and musician, Steven Forrest will be in Bolinas to offer a three-day intensive seminar in Evolutionar |
| Mr. Bush's Train Wreck
By Timothy Garton Ash
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| | The Guardian (London)
What an amazing bloody catastrophe. The Bush administration's policy towards the Middle East over the five years since 9/11 |
| Time To Rebuild Our Social Commons
By Jonathan Rowe
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| | There is an ecology to social spaces, just as there is to natural ones. I was reminded of this a while back when I fixed up an old garden bench an |
| Shock and Owe
By Frank Scott
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| | A new year is a time to plan changes for the immediate future. When these are simply personal they can mean a new job, a new school, a new wardrobe |
| Worse Than Watergate
By Antonio R. Serna
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| | The American people have spoken. Control of the Legislative Branch of our government is finally in the hands of those who truly represent the senti |
| Christmas In Baghdad
By Edward W. Miller, MD
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| | Tacitus, (Roman historian)
Baghdad, Iraq's capital and largest city lies in that Fertile Crescent, a narrow strip between the Tigris and Euphrates |
| Moo Town News
by Judy Borello
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| | What Next?
It's hard enough to be concerned about global warming, the end of the world according to Revelations on the Apocalypse, and nuclear war |
| Skeptic's Journal
The Sound Of Silence
By Jeanette Pontacq
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| | I remember when I first heard the words of Simon & Garfunkel's masterpiece, 'The Sound of Silence.' It was in January of 1966. Hello Darkness, my o |
| Connecting The Dots
Shut Up And Shop
By Larry Kelley
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| | President George W. Bush
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In this wonderful season of giving and forgiving, it is truly warming to see just how generous our leaders c |
| Deer in Park's Gunsight
by Richard Kirschman/Dogtown
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| | The National Park Service (NPS) has now completed the paperwork, the bureaucracy has its ducks in a row, so the shooting of the Fallow and Axis Dee |
| A Fraud Worse than Enron
By Elizabeth de la Vega
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| | Elizabeth de la Vega, appearing on behalf of the United States. That is a phrase I've uttered hundreds of times in twenty years as a federal prose |
| Letter of Thankfulness.
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| | Olema with its three way blinking stop light serves as an unofficial gateway to West Marin. The warmth of another hearth and food prepared by someo |
| Moving from 2006 to 2007, Part 1
By Michael Hart
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| | Can you imagine carrying all the books from a public library on your keychain?
That became possible in 2006.
How about carrying the entire Li |
| Letters To The Editor
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| | Taking the Next Steps
It is with great sadness that we mourn the loss of Elizabeth Terwilliger, fondly known to generations far and wide as Mrs. T. |
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